The phrase "affable winner" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is both friendly and successful, often in a competitive context.
Example: "Despite his fame, he remained an affable winner, always taking the time to chat with fans after the game."
Alternatives: "friendly champion" or "pleasant victor".
Friday headliners Mumford & Sons were confident enough to debut some new songs amid their blockbuster vagabond folk, but the first true lift-off moment of the festival came halfway through Ed Sheeran's set, when the affable Brit winner speed-coached an overflowing second-stage tent into an unexpected but effective gospel choir.
The inaugural winner was Billy Collins, an affable, self-deprecating former Poet Laureate who has demonstrated a remarkable ability to connect with an audience (according to his publisher, he has sold more than five hundred thousand books), and who in many ways embodies Barr's ideal.
If they do, the future winner is unlikely to be the affable current president, Mohamed Waheed, who on August 28th claimed that last year's turmoil was merely the "growing pains of democracy".
Mr. Carrey may act infantile, but he projects the square-jawed confidence of an old-school leading man, and amid this fraternity of affable losers, he cannot help seeming a belligerent winner.
Safin, the affable young Russian, was a 6-1, 6-2, 6-2 winner yesterday over Juan Carlos Ferrero, but only a few spectators were there to witness it in a nearly vacant Arthur Ashe Stadium.
You can sense him passing the torch, without a fuss, to Ridley and Boyega, who is vivacious and affable from first to last; and also to Adam Driver, who plays Kylo Ren — the winner of the Best Black Mask & Cape Award in "The Force Awakens," Darth Vader having presumably retired to spend less time with his family.
The winner of the Barry newcomer award at the Melbourne international comedy festival is an affable Aussie bloke who reads Plato, and this is his first stand-up show.
David Duchovny, who narrates this wry, good-natured picture with affable bemusement, informs us that Caltech lays claim to both the highest ratio of Nobel Prize winners to faculty and a men's basketball team that at the time of filming was distinguished by a record 243 consecutive conference losses dating to 1985.
Mr. Affleck also did the de rigueur awards-ceremony thing of calling out other winners – "Bradley Cooper, who's so good you can't believe it, because he's so affable and kind and good looking, you think a guy like that can't also be a great actor, but he is; and David O. Russell, deserves every accolade" – and thanking his studio.
An award winner at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, this ever-evolving show is written and performed by Baba Brinkman, an affable white rapper from Canada with a master's in medieval and Renaissance English literature.
